Neckband.



A. LION.

NECKBAND.

APPLICATION rum) 001226. 1911.

1,032,554.. Patsnted July 16, 1912 mu-nu MIA". (0., vnrunam. n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT LION, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO EPHRIAM ROSENFELD, GEORGE M. HARSH, AND NOAH DILLENBERG, A PARTNERSHIP KNOWN AS E. ROSENFELD & (30., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

NECKIBAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT LION, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at. the cit-y of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckbands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a neck band.

The object of the invention is to produce a neck-band having an end pocket which will serve to protect the wearer from the base or back of the collar button, and is at the same time so constructed that it does not appreciably increase the difficulty of inserting the collar button.

A further object is to so design the neck band and to evolve a method of producing it whcrebv it will be possible to manufacture the shirt at a cost very slightly in excess of the cost of those which do not have the neck-band end pocket.

The pocket of my invention in its pre ferred type is open top and bottom. The neck strip proper. which is reinforced on the inside by a suitable tab, forms one side of the pocket, and one or two or more reinforcing neck stri )S sewed together as hereafter described, form the other side of the pocket. The reinforcing tab is turned in top and bottom, and the neck strip is turned in at the top throughout its length and at the bottom, for the length of the tab only, and the inturned edges, where they contact, are sewed together; the reinforcing neck strips are turned in at the top, and the inturned top edges of the neck strip and reinforcing strips are sewed together. The ends of the tab and the neck stri are sewed between the ends of the rein orcing neck strips. The edges of the ends of the latter are inturned and sewed to secure the ends of all the different stri )8. A buttonhole is worked in the end of t e neck strip where reinforced by the tab. The neck band thus formed may be attached to the shirt in any suitable and obvious manner.

The neck-band pocket thus described may be produced by each of several methods. The method which I prefer to practise, is as follows: I first a ply to one end of the neck strip a short tab sewin it at the top and bottom edges, leaving tie ends open; I then turn the tube thus formed inside out, and make the buttonhole in the rein- Speoifioation of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 25, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912. Serial No. 656,687.

forced strip thus formed. Next I apply to each side of the neck strip a reinforcing neck strip, and sew the top and end edges of all the neck strips together. The seam thus formed does not engage the to edge of the tube or reinforced strip which I have described. The reinforcing neck strip on the side of the neck-band, remote from the reinforcing tab, is then turned away from the neck strip proper and folded over against the neck strip )r0per so that the band which I formed lay sewing the top edges of all three neck strips together is in effect turned inside out and the top edge is seamed and the bottom sewed to the neck opening of the shirt.

By another method of manufacture which is within the scope of my invention, the reinforcing tab is attached to the neck-band by sewing it directly thereto, the edges being hemmed or inturned as they are sewed. In this case, the tube thus formed is not turned inside out. The other steps of the method. 1'. 6., those relating to the application of the reiuforcin neck strips are the same as the corresponding steps in the method which I have described.

In the production of another neck strip within the scope of my invention, the reinforcing tab is extended the full length of the shirt band, forming a third reinforcing neck stri '1 1e neck band formed in accordance with my invention and the various steps of my method are illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of the end of a neck-band to which the reinforcing tab has been attached in accordance with the first step of my preferred method. Fig. 2 shows a similar view of the neck-band after the tube formed by the strip illustrated in Fig. 1 has been turned inside out. Fig. 3 shows the end' of the neck-band, in which the pocket is formed, the reinforcing strips having been applied and stitched at the top and end. Fig. 4 shows the neck-band after the reinforcing strip, which finally becomes the inside strip, has been folded over in accordance with the fourth step of my method. Fi 5 shows the end of a neck strip to which the reinforcing tab has been sewed at top and bottom, in accordance with the first step of the second method to which I have referred. Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7, 7 of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8, 8, Fig. 4.

In the drawings, the neck strip proper is indicated by reference character 1, the reinforcing tab by reference character 2, and the buttonhole is numbered 3. The buttonhole is preferably of the kind known in the art as whipped, that is, it is overcast from the inside, and it thus tends to remain open and does not become closed by the treatment. it. receives at the laundry.

9 of the :band 5 above the seam 10, wlnch attaches the. band to the shirt. It is, therefore, easy of-faccess'. Further, it is preferably open'top and bottom.

The device shown1n Fig. 6 differs from' the others inthat' instead of the tab 2, I have used a strip 11 running the-full length of the neck-band. All these devices are for iise with an attached or detached collar.

The method whieh'I'prefer to practise in the manufacture of my-neck-band consists in sewing the top and bottom edges of the reinforcing tab to the top and bottom edges of the neck strip proper 1, the seams being nmnbered 15 and 12 second turning the tube inside out, third applying the reinforcing neck strips 6 and 7, one to each side of the neck strip proper 1, sewing the top and end edges of the strips thus assembled at 13 and 14, leaving the top edge 4 of the reinforced end 5 free, fourth swinging the reinforcing neck strip 7 over the neck strip proper l, and brin ing it down against the inside face of the reinforcing neck strip 6. This process is so simple and convenient that it may be perforn'ied with great rapidity, and when it. is practised the cost of the garment. ha\'- ing the end pocket in the neck-band is not appreciably greater than that of the garment not so improved.

llaving thus described my invention. what I claim and desire. to secure by Letters Pat-- cut is:

A neck-band for shirts, and other garments. having a front pocket for the stud base at one end of the band, the pocket being open top and bottom and closed at the end. a neck strip and reinforcing member forming one side of the pocket, and reinforcing neck strips forming the other side of the pocket, the latter strips being turned inward at the top and having the inturned edges sewed together, and the neck-band and the reinforcing member being likewise turned in at the adjacent top and bottom edges and sewed together, the end of the neck strip pro-per being inserted between the ends of the reinforemg strips, and the end edges of the latter bei'ngturncd in and sewed to gether, securing the end edge of the lltt'hhand between the end edges of the reinforcing neck bands.

Signed this 23rd day of October, 1911.

ALBERT LION. \Vi tnesses:

Eowann l1. BASH, Emvm F. SAMUEL-S.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G." 

